colossians 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

colossians 2:17 things which are a [mere] shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

17. things to come--the blessings of the Christian covenant, the substance of which Jewish ordinances were but the type. Compare "ages to come," that is, the Gospel dispensation (Eph 2:7). Heb 2:5, "the world to come."
the body is of Christ--The real substance (of the blessings typified by the law) belongs to Christ (Heb 8:5; 10:1).

colossians 2:17 things which are a [mere] shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

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